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reanalyze

Syllables: re·an·a·lyzeUK/ɹiːˈæn.ə.laɪz/US/ɹiˈæn.ə.laɪz/

reanalyze verb: to analyze again.

Verb

reanalyze (third-person singular simple present reanalyzes, present participle reanalyzing, simple past and past participle reanalyzed)

  1. To analyze again.
  2. To analyze a lexeme with a different structure from its original, often by misunderstanding.
    • "SOS" has, in contemporary usage, been reanalyzed to stand for "save our souls".
    • Thus hamburger (whose true etymology is 'city of Hamburg' + er 'someone from') has been reanalyzed as ham + burger 'burger made with ham.'2006, Shaligram Shukla, Jeff Connor-Linton, “Language change”, in Ralph Fasold, Jeff Connor-Linton, editors, An Introduction to Language and Linguistics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN...

reanalyze meaning in Bengali

reanalyze in Bengali

আবার বিশ্লেষণ করা

Forms of reanalyze

third-person singular presentreanalyzes
present participlereanalyzing
past participlereanalyzed
pastreanalyzed
alternative formreanalyse
alternative formre-analyze
alternative formre-analyse

Origin of reanalyze

From re- + analyze.

Words formed from reanalyze

Questions about reanalyze

What does reanalyze mean?
Reanalyze means to analyze again.
What is reanalyze in Bengali?
Reanalyze in Bengali is আবার বিশ্লেষণ করা. See Reanalyze meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is reanalyze?
Reanalyze is a verb.
How do you pronounce reanalyze?
Reanalyze is pronounced /ɹiːˈæn.ə.laɪz/ (UK).
What is the past tense of reanalyze?
The past tense of reanalyze is reanalyzed.

Words near reanalyze in the dictionary

  1. reanalysed
  2. reanalyses
  3. reanalysing
  4. reanalysis
  5. reanalyzable
  6. reanalyze
  7. reanalyzed
  8. reanalyzer
  9. reanalyzers
  10. reanalyzes
  11. reanalyzing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reanalyze (page history and authors); reanalyze (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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